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The 2026 hesuipian rush is nearly over and the victor is looking like this:
WTH? #3? I knew nothing of this trilogy so I had to watch it.
Pegasus (2019) is a comedy drama about a car rally race in Xinjiang called the Bayanbulak. It’s centered around a 5x champion of the rally who got busted for racing in an illegal rally and was consequently barred making a comeback. He’s got no sponsors but he reassembles his old crew and they go for it. The race is insane, switchbacks on mountain cliffs - a lot of cgi but well done. Most of the humor centers around the main driver as he’s degenerated into a schlub trying to rekindle his glory days. There are some mildly funny moments and some overdone sentimentalism. Lots of racing, which is a genre that’s never worked that well for me, although the drifting cars on cliffs was visual. The ending was almost French in its sudden existentialism - it reminded me of a Mishima short story about a test pilot flying too high.
It’s based on the director, Han Han, who was a rally racer and the characters are based on real racers. Some of it did feel revelatory, like an insider’s peek into the sport.
Not going to D00M reccomend this unless you’re really into race car films.
Pegasus 2 was a 2024 hesuipian (new year film) that reunites most of the cast. I wanted to see it just to find out how the ending of part 1 was resolved and watched it through (the resolution was pithy). The lead, Zhang Chi, gets another shot at the Bayanbulak when the maker of knock-off cars sponsors a team. I felt this was a better story. The characters are a bit more developed and the comeback story hits a little harder.
It’s called Pegasus because his son has a vision of his dad having a Pegasus patronis. that was in the first film; the son is written out of the sequel and only appears in an explanatory phone call that explains why he’s away. There are some odd cgi moments beyond the Pegasus patronis, like when he gets funding, the car assembles around Zhang like an iron man suit.
Again, kinda predictable - sports films almost always end in a win.
There’s no women characters in either of these films.
Not D00M recommended either. More my PRC cinema research than enjoying the movie, although they were ligh entertainment and both films brought forth a chuckle.
Still not D00M recommended and I don’t feel the need to run out and watch part 3 on the big screen. Might watch it when it comes to a streamer.
Seen on YouTube.
(02-25-2026, 10:29 PM)Drunk Monk Wrote: Pegasus 3
WTH? #3? I knew nothing of this trilogy so I had to watch it.
Pegasus (2019) is a comedy drama about a car rally race in Xinjiang called the Bayanbulak. It’s centered around a 5x champion of the rally who got busted for racing in an illegal rally and was consequently barred making a comeback. He’s got no sponsors but he reassembles his old crew and they go for it. The race is insane, switchbacks on mountain cliffs - a lot of cgi but well done. Most of the humor centers around the main driver as he’s degenerated into a schlub trying to rekindle his glory days. There are some mildly funny moments and some overdone sentimentalism. Lots of racing, which is a genre that’s never worked that well for me, although the drifting cars on cliffs was visual. The ending was almost French in its sudden existentialism - it reminded me of a Mishima short story about a test pilot flying too high.
It’s based on the director, Han Han, who was a rally racer and the characters are based on real racers. Some of it did feel revelatory, like an insider’s peek into the sport.
Not going to D00M reccomend this unless you’re really into race car films.
Pegasus 2 was a 2024 hesuipian (new year film) that reunites most of the cast. I wanted to see it just to find out how the ending of part 1 was resolved and watched it through (the resolution was pithy). The lead, Zhang Chi, gets another shot at the Bayanbulak when the maker of knock-off cars sponsors a team. I felt this was a better story. The characters are a bit more developed and the comeback story hits a little harder.
It’s called Pegasus because his son has a vision of his dad having a Pegasus patronis. that was in the first film; the son is written out of the sequel and only appears in an explanatory phone call that explains why he’s away. There are some odd cgi moments beyond the Pegasus patronis, like when he gets funding, the car assembles around Zhang like an iron man suit.
Again, kinda predictable - sports films almost always end in a win.
There’s no women characters in either of these films.
Not D00M recommended either. More my PRC cinema research than enjoying the movie, although they were ligh entertainment and both films brought forth a chuckle.
Still not D00M recommended and I don’t feel the need to run out and watch part 3 on the big screen. Might watch it when it comes to a streamer.
Seen on YouTube.
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